The Feminist Mistake, by Mary Kassian traces the rise of feminism through the twentieth century. It shows how a movement at first designed to protect women’s rights, soon morphed into a movement of incredibly destructive power – a movement that has ultimately caused great harm to society and to the church. "Looking back over the past fifty years is a sobering exercise. Feminism was the dream that promised women happiness and fulfillment. But I suspect … we would find that women are unhappier and less fulfilled than ever. The feminist paradigm simply does not match the reality of who God created women and men to be. Hence it cannot deliver on its promise"

Professor Kassian mischaracterizes the goals of feminism. Feminism does not "promise women happiness and fulfillment." No civil rights movement can possibly promise such a thing and it is utterly unfair and misleading to require feminism to do so. The point of feminism is to free women from legal and cultural restraints that automatically assign women or force women into a narrow or subservient role based on sex. Thanks to feminism, we have more freedom and options than before (although certainly there is a long way to go). Whether we find happiness, however, is our personal responsibility.

The point of feminism is to free women from legal and cultural restraints that automatically assign women or force women into a narrow or subservient role based on sex. I agree with you, unless you think of motherhood or wifery as "subservient." While feminism was necessary and great, it got off track in many ways. I will post on this.